The eldest daughter-in-law of the Wu family pulled the woman on the ground up and ran outside.
She turned to look behind her and saw that the infant shrouded in black mist was also desperately running in the opposite direction, trying to escape the area where the golden light was.
"Wait!" Cui Ying stopped and quietly moved closer to the direction of the black mist.
The baby's body trembled even more, and it curled up into a ball in the corner, leaving behind a trail of tiny, bloody footprints.
"Sister-in-law, let's run!" Wu's third daughter-in-law also desperately grabbed her.
"Shh, did you notice? This thing is terrified of the wooden carving of the Mountain Goddess." Cui Ying boldly walked over and found that the infant was indeed letting out a sharp scream.
However, enveloped in golden light, the other party's screams gradually disappeared, as if a silent play was being performed.
At that moment, a strange voice suddenly rang in my mind.
"Cui Ying, get closer to that false god clone."
Upon hearing the voice of the Mountain Goddess, Cui Ying was overjoyed and instinctively walked forward.
The golden light emanating from the wood carving grew stronger and stronger, and the black mist surrounding the infant gradually disappeared. Finally, the small body collapsed completely on the ground, revealing a face without features and limbs that had not yet fully grown.
"Ugh!" The third daughter-in-law of the Wu family almost vomited.
"We can leave now, hurry up!" Upon hearing the Mountain Goddess's affirmation, Cui Ying quickly pulled her sister-in-law away from there.
…
Inside the mountain god temple, Yu Luo held a ball of black energy in his hand.
This was the power she extracted from the newly born pseudo-god avatar; it looked like a sesame seed ball.
Are you sure the false god won't find out?
The system replied confidently, "Of course, you've already activated powerful protection, which is like casting a spell. The false god can't detect what's happening here at all."
"Don't think that the death of an avatar is such a big deal. That false god's power is so weak, how could he possibly turn all the newborns into his avatars? Such mistakes are common, and even the false god can't control them."
"If you don't believe me, you can let the believers continue to observe for a while. When those old women come to collect the body, they won't be surprised. There must be many such failed cases."
After hearing this, Yu Luo sighed even more: "So, those wooden boxes that look like coffins are filled with failed products?"
The system thought for a moment and explained, "There are failures and successes. The false god must want to create more clones to protect itself; those are its last line of defense."
Yu Luo pondered, thinking to herself, "No wonder there are so many 'coffins' in the courtyard where Lin Anniang is."
It seems that the place with the most "coffins" is where the true body of the false god resides...
“We need to bring those believers back again, to bless them again, and to enhance their power.”
At the same time, Yu Luo herself can also increase her power, because for every ten believers who gain power, she can draw power from herself once.
Before dealing with that false god, she had to arm herself.
Coincidentally, tomorrow morning is the day that Granny Gongsun and the villagers of Linjia Village have agreed to come and offer sacrifices to the mountain god.
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county seat.
Luo Yong was also investigating the matter of the Goddess of Fertility. He tracked down a house and sneaked in when no one was paying attention.
Upon entering the courtyard, he immediately noticed the nailed-together wooden crates and instinctively shivered.
"This place is too strange. I have to be careful," he muttered to himself.
He arrived just in time, precisely when those old women were collecting the corpses.
As he watched these people approach, he hurriedly jumped behind one of the wooden crates.
When he saw those people dragging something over, he desperately covered his mouth, his eyes wide with shock.
The things these old women brought in cloth bags turned out to be the bodies of pregnant women who had died tragically; their bellies had been cut open and they were dragged over, covered in blood.
Next to the pregnant woman was a child whose features were indistinct and who was also covered in blood.
When he got closer, he finally saw what the child looked like, and he was so angry that his teeth were chattering.
These beasts must have dug the unborn child out of the pregnant woman's belly!
"Who?" One of the old women suddenly looked up and looked around.
"Grandma Shi, what's wrong? Has anyone come by?" the other old women asked, covering their noses.
The old woman with a wrinkled face inspected the yard again before returning.
"It's nothing, I just misheard. I heard a stranger breathing."
"Hurry up, all of you! There are a few older women in the front yard with their daughters-in-law, hoping to have children. Don't let them see us! You don't want to experience the wrath of the Goddess of Fertility!"
Granny Shi said sternly.
The group of people shuddered, forcefully nailed the new wooden coffin on, and quickly left.
Before leaving, Granny Shi looked into the courtyard again, lost in thought.
"It seems I must have misheard," she murmured to herself, not knowing who she was talking to.
Behind the wooden coffin, Luo Yong had already covered his mouth and nose. He hadn't expected the old woman to be so perceptive, able to distinguish the breathing of a stranger among so many people.
Looks like I have to leave right away, or I'll definitely be discovered!
Before leaving, he looked at the wooden coffins filling the courtyard, his eyes wide with fury.
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